Scarlett O’Hara (92)

Scarlett O'Hara (92)

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

The following books will introduce you to Scarlett O'Hara, who said these words in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. Warner Books, 1994.
- More and more, this work is recognized as an American epic of sorts, despite its limitations. No one can deny that Scarlett is one of the most vivid (and exasperating) female characters ever created.
Taylor, Helen. Scarlett's Women: Gone With the Wind and Its Female Fans. Rutgers University Press, 1989.
- Taylor surveyed hundreds of women who 'fessed up to their love-hate relationship with Scarlett, and explained her hold on their lives. What results are fascinating insights into this character from the readers who know her best.
Pyron, Darden Asbury (Ed.). Recasting: Gone With the Wind in American Culture. University Presses of Florida, 1983.
- Interesting essays, especially James Michener's "The Company of Giants," which compares Scarlett to Becky Sharp (of Thackeray's Vanity Fair), Madame Bovary, and Anna Karenina.
Harwell, Richard (Ed.). Gone With the Wind as Book and Film. University of South Carolina Press, 1983.
- More essays, covering the famous "search for Scarlett" that led to the casting of Vivien Leigh, and comparing the book to another Depression Era novel and film (The Grapes of Wrath) and another war epic (War and Peace).
Ripley, Alexandra. Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. Warner, 1992.
- Ripley's audacious sequel follows Scarlett to Ireland where she seeks the roots of Tara (and, not surprisingly, encounters Rhett again).